Whitbread

Robert Tchenguiz dumps Whitbread

Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

PROPERTY tycoon Robert Tchenguiz is believed to have sold his entire 3% holding in Whitbread, the hotels-to-coffee shops leisure group.

Premier Inn boosts Whitbread

Planning Solutions (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008

Whitbread have said that sales have increased, with Premier Inn budget hotel chain doing well as the weak economy hits corporate travel spending. The firm said like-for-like sales rose 7% in the 24 weeks to 14th August. Premier Inn sales were up 10.2% as companies chose budget hotels over pricier rivals. Whitbread has opened 14 new [...]

Less lager: Peroni to leave UK drinkers wanting more

The Independent (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

... 2008. The news comes in a busy week for the drinks and leisure industry, with SABMiller, Britvic, Whitbread and Regent Inns, troubled owner of Australian bar chain Walkabout, all reporting numbers to the market. Last month Regent, which also runs the Old Orleans and Bar Risa brands, said it was looking to sell off leaseholds on five of its Walkabout premises including two in London.

John Cleese speaks to my daughter on Seesmic!

Innovation Station (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008

So its not everyday you meet someone famous, but tonight we did. In what must be a 'social network' first, John Cleese came onto Seesmic and invited questions. This 'hook up' was made possible by Dean Whitbread , Loic Lemeur [Head Honcho at Seesmic] and the great man himself. For a bit of fun, my daughter posted a question... Re: John Cleese on Seesmic Tuesday 7th at NOON Pacific Time Can you...

A Series of Unfortunate Events

New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

... a setup. Fans of Atkinson’s novels like “Behind the Scenes at the Museum,” which won the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year, and her two previous literary detective novels, “Case Histories” and “One Good Turn,” both featuring the rugged yet sensitive Brodie, can expect “When Will There Be Good News'” to follow standard ­procedure. Fact: Atkinson doesn’t write typical crime novels, but literary...

It won't be a case of plain sailing

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

... scarcely have presented a stronger contrast. From just 26 years ago, when he competed in his first Whitbread Round the World Race to now, preparing for his sixth circumnavigation on board the Spanish Telfonica Black, life back then was luxurious by comparison.From the earliest days of sailing around the world in small craft, a feat first completed by Joshua Slocum and Spray 110 years ago,...

Music and Silence - Book Review

caribousmom (Free subscription) | yesterday

... part of King Christian IV’s reign (1629 - 1630) which serves as the backdrop to Rose Tremain’s Whitbread/Costa Award winning novel Music and Silence . This lush story is told from multiple points of view. The manipulative and seductive Kirsten Munk is introduced through her journal entries. Well, for my thirtieth birthday I have been given a new Looking glass which I thought I would adore....

Costa Coffee has Entered Saint Petersburg by Re-Branding 3 Existing Moka Loka

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008

MOSCOW, October 8 -- Brava, the joint venture of Whitbread PLC (LSE FTSE 100, FTSE4 Good) and OJSC Rosinter Restaurants Holding (RTS, MICEX: ROST), the leading casual-dining restaurants operator of Russia and the CI...

Rosinter Restaurants Holding: Notice of First Half 2008 Financial Results Announcement Date

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

... and its licensed brands T.G.I. Friday's and Sibirskaya Corona. Also, through a Joint Venture with Whitbread PLC (LSE ticker WTB.L) the company is currently developing the Costa Coffee chain in Russia. The Group reported consolidated revenues of US$ 268.2 million, in accordance with its audited IFRS accounts, for the twelve months ended December 31, 2007. Rosinter Restaurants Holding is listed...

Illustrations from Alan Aldridge's The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

Inspired by William Roscoe's 1807 poem of the same name, Alan Aldridge's The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year award on its release in 1973. Aldridge's characteristically busy, colourful illustrations charmed a generation of children. His pictures were accompanied by William Plomer's text, excerpts of which are included here, from Templar...

Robert Tchenguiz

Tim Worstall (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

Tchenguiz lieutenants Aaron Brown and Tim Smalley were immediately removed from the board of M&B, underlining the property investor’s evaporating influence. Brown also left the board of SCI Entertainment, the video games group behind the Lara Croft series, in a move expected to presage an imminent disposal of some or all of Tchenguiz’s 22% in that business. He may also review a 3% holding in Whitbread,...

Billionaire Tchenguiz takes £800m hit with forced sale of investments

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

Tchenguiz lieutenants Aaron Brown and Tim Smalley were immediately removed from the board of M&B, underlining the property investor's evaporating influence. Brown also left the board of SCI Entertainment, the video games group behind the Lara Croft series, in a move expected to presage an imminent disposal of some or all of Tchenguiz's 22% in that business. He may also review a 3% holding in Whitbread,...

Costa Coffee has Entered Saint Petersburg by Re-Branding 3 Existing Moka Loka

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008

MOSCOW, October 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brava, the joint venture of Whitbread PLC (LSE FTSE 100, FTSE4 Good) and OJSC Rosinter Restaurants Holding (RTS, MICEX: ROST), the leading casual-dining restaurants operator of Russia and the CIS, has opened the third coffee-shop in Pulkovo airport (Saint Petersburg) by re-branding the last coffee shop that operated in Pulkovo under Moka Loka, a proprietary...

• Costa Coffee has Entered Saint Petersburg by Re-Branding 3 Existing Moka Loka - The Earth Times Online Newspaper

StealthPlay: Volvo Ocean Race Fleet In Hiding

ISAF News (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008

Until the 1997-98 Whitbread Round the World Race, which became the Volvo Ocean Race from 2001-02 onwards, the fleet sailed over the horizon and had little or no contact with the rest of the world or the boats they were sailing against. Now it is different, with data-packed position reports issued to the fleet and the world every three hours, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with nowhere to...

Hopes high as Ireland embarks on adventure

The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008

"THIS IS a boat that needs no apologies and no excuses. It can win the race," the international sailing guru from Cork, Harold Cudmore, said at the launching yesterday of the 82-foot long, high-technology Maxi class racing yacht that will carry Irish hopes in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race next September.